End of Week 2 in Cahuita!

Hey Everyone!
So the time is going very fast and it´s already the end of my second week here which means next week is my last week! I´ve had a pretty eventful week. On Monday I went to this women´s meeting with my host mom because she is the leader. It was interesting because they talked a lot about current issues going on in Limon (the Province that Cahuita is in). On Tuesday I volunteered at an environmental festival. There were 15 different elementary schools there and there were competitions in things like art, poetry, music, and plays. Everything had to do with the environment and climate change. So that was really neat. I also conducted some interviews for my project

My home life never has a dull moment. Yesterday the kids were especially crazy and my favorite part was when Helen yelled outside to her daughter "Laurita, put away the machete and get back inside!"...definitely something you don´t hear every day in the U.S. haha. Also we have lots of dogs at our house and the one dog had 9 puppies. They are SO cute and I´m tempted to steal one and take it home. I was holding them the day after they were born and they don´t even have their eyes open yet. Also, yesterday the little boys called me outside all excited because there was a sloth in the tree. It was just sleeping way up in the top but for some reason they were scared of it.

Today I just got done volunteering at the National Park here. It was the best volunteering ever because I got to be on the beach for 3 hours raking leaves and picking up garbage that pretty much doesn´t exist. It´s so beautiful and natural. Today the sea is very "bravo" or strong so the waves are very loud and there is a stronger breeze. While I was walking I saw monkeys and sloths and all kinds of birds. Also, I stumbled upon one of the most poisonous snakes in the world! It´s all yellow and very small and it was just sleeping there curled up. I never would have known except that someone pointed it out to me and told me all about it. I definitely could not survive in nature out here on my own, that´s for sure.

Well I´m off, write again soon!

Mariah